Draft:Uniting UK
| Formation | December 19, 2020 |
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| Purpose | Pro-union campaigning |
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| Website | unitinguk.com |
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Uniting UK is a unionist campaign in Northern Ireland, campaigning for a more united Northern Ireland in a more united UK[1].
Background
[edit]The campaign was founded in 2020 by Philip Smith[2] and John Hanna[3]. The campaign launched in December 2020[4]. In February 2024, Trevor Ringland joined the campaign team[5].
Campaigning
[edit]The campaign has been the subject of a BBC Radio 4 programme[6], taken part in a debate hosted by Féile an Phobail[7], presented at conferences[8] and contributed to newspaper articles from Japan's Chunichi Shimbun[9] to the UK's Financial Times[10]. Media outlets continue to seek the campaign's perspective as a counterpoint to that of the nationalist and separatist campaign Ireland's Future[11].
Writing in the Irish Times, Emma DeSouza assessed the campaign's approach: "The pro-union group makes the case for Northern Ireland as an integral component of the United Kingdom and does so with slick graphics and refreshing honesty. Unafraid to acknowledge the failures associated with unionism, and with a clear aim of appealing to the growing middle ground, the fledgling group is effective in its efforts, and a welcome addition to Northern Ireland’s political landscape."[12]
The group have two active programmes. The Young Leaders[13] programme is for young people in Northern Ireland and the Beldon Fellowship[14] is for young professionals from Northern Ireland who work in national roles across the UK.
In January 2024, the campaign published their 2024-29 corporate strategy[15].
Policy
[edit]The campaign holds that Northern Ireland is economically, socially, and politically better off in the UK. Uniting UK seek to celebrate the diversity of Northern Ireland and the diversity of the United Kingdom.
Since 12 July 2024, the campaign have been calling for "unionist realignment"[16].
Impact
[edit]The campaign was the first to use the "a Union of people" slogan[17], which the Ulster Unionist Party later used as a slogan under the leadership of Doug Beattie[18] and Mike Nesbitt[19].
The campaign launched a consultation called Vision2031[20] on 3 May 2021, the 100th anniversary of the creation of Northern Ireland. The campaign's research from the consultation was featured in the News Letter[21][22].
References
[edit]- ^ "Uniting UK - For a United NI in a Better UK". unitinguk.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Is the tide turning on Irish reunification?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ Creighton, Sarah (2021-04-24). "A shared Northern Ireland: how people in the North are reimagining life in the UK". The Currency. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "UUP councillor launches group aimed at bolstering NI-UK unity". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2020-12-19. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "Spokespeople". unitinguk.com. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - This Union, A Sea Between Us, Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ Féile An Phobail (2021-03-04). Féile An Earraigh 2021 - 100 Years On: Time for Constitutional Change?. Retrieved 2025-03-07 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Envisioning the Future". unitinguk.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "「英国本土から自由に物を運べない」EUに残った北アイルランド 帰属論争再燃も 揺らぐ「連合王国」の枠組み：東京新聞デジタル". 東京新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ Webber, Jude (2024-02-10). "Northern Ireland unionists and nationalists pledge prosperity for opposite ends". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ DeSouza, Emma (2024-02-07). "'A United Ireland Border Poll is a Case of When Not If'". Byline Times. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "Support for Irish unification should be accepted as legitimate position in political discourse". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "Young Leaders". unitinguk.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Beldon Fellowship". unitinguk.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Corporate Strategy". unitinguk.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Philip Smith: It's time for mainstream unionism to reflect, change and realign". Belfast News Letter. 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "UUP Live". UUP Live. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "UUP Live". UUP Live. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ^ "A positive case for the Union: The best birthday present for Northern Ireland is to secure its long-term future". Belfast News Letter. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ^ "The case for Northern Ireland's place in UK should be made in friendly, persistent way". Belfast News Letter. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
- ^ "Philip Smith: New research shows that for 'neithers', the problem with the Union is unionists". Belfast News Letter. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2025-03-12.